Strange and Scary Mysteries of the month April 20185. Cops Call Kidnapping a HoaxOn March 23, 2015, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn were attacked inside their Mare Island, California home. The intruder broke in, drugged the couple and tied them up. Quinn’s eyes were covered with blacked out googles and his ears with headphones that played pre-recorded instructions and threats over and over again. When Quinn finally came to, he found several items missing along with his car, and most frightening, his girlfriend Denise. There was a message left on his voicemail that demanded two payments of $8,500. 4. Founder of Sex Cult ArrestedThe name Keith Raniere isn’t well known, but he recently made headlines after he was arrested under allegations of sexual trafficking and violence against women. Ranier is one of the founders of, Nxivm,[nex-ium], a cult-like group based in Albany, New York. He co-founded it in1998 together with nurse, Nancy Salzman. Formally, they describe themselves as “a community guided by humanitarian principles that seek to empower people and answer important questions about what it means to be human.”3. Pilots Spot Arizona UFOOn February 24 of this year a Learjet pilot was flying over the Sonoran Desert in Arizona when he radioed traffic controllers asking, “Was anybody, uh, above us that passed us like 30 seconds ago?” The air traffic controller in Albuquerque replied and said, “Negative.”The pilot replied, “Okay, something did.” Someone is then overheard saying “A UFO!” The pilot responds, “Yeah,” chuckling. 2. Boy Witnesses Murder Then DisappearsIn Ohio, Fourteen-year old Jacob Caldwell has been missing for 7 months. Days after his father’s funeral, he was at his grandmothers, Sally Thomas’ home, with his two brothers. While the siblings played in the upstairs bedroom, he asked his grandmother if he could go downstairs to watch TV. She said, okay and Minutes later, Sally went and checked in on the kids. The two boys were still playing but she could not find Jacob. She called police immediately and realized that the boy might have gone out through the window. 1. Austin Serial BomberBeginning on March 2, 2018, small parcels containing explosives began appearing in and around Austin, Texas.The first three parcels involved cardboard boxes left on the porch or front yards of the victim’s homes. These were not delivered by any official carrier but likely dropped by the suspect. The first blast occurred on March 2 and killed 39 year old Anthony Stephan House; the second and third blast happened 10 days later and the first killed, 17 year old Draylen Mason and injured his mother. The next one injured a 75-year old Esperanza HErerra. All of the bombs were rigged to explode upon opening and contained shrapnel. The fourth blast on March 18th was a device rigged to explode using a tripwire on a residential sidewalk and This injured two men. The fifth explosion occurred at a FedEx facility in San Antonio. Later in the day, another package containing a bomb was discovered in a FedEx facility in Austin which luckily, was eventually deactivated.Support the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices